Cool and cloudy
My first ‘proper’ walk since last year, post-Covid and finally conquering the fatigue. Such a pleasure to be back on
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Cape Point
First heatwave of summer
Where is the best place to be when the mercury is soaring, the palm trees are motionless and even the
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Protected: A tree full of birds
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Blown away
The Cape Doctor has arrived! A little later than usual, but making up for his absence with a vengeance as
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A shower on the Shipwreck Trail
Earlier sunrises mean earlier starting times for our hikes, and it was no hardship to find ourselves standing in the
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Kanonkop in a gale
It’s been two years since we last made our way across the ridge from the visitor’s centre in Cape Point
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Buffels Bay circular walk
The hike from Buffels Bay in Cape Point Nature Reserve that takes us up onto the plateau and then almost
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A splash, not a dash
Autumn is definitely upon us. The air has a soft chill in the early morning and the light is gentler
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A breath of fresh air
Aah! The smell of salt in the air whipped off the waves splattering spume against rocks weathered over aeons! The
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Seize the day
Sunday was one of those rare Cape Town days when the weather was practically perfect in every way (just like
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